Jorge Gonzalez von Marees

Jorge Gonzalez von Marees (5 April 1900-14 March 1962) was the founder and leader of the National Socialist Movement of Chile from 1932 to 1938. He served as a Deputy of the Republic of Chile from 15 May 1937 to 15 May 1945, and he was a major leader of Nazism outside of Europe.

Biography
Jorge Gonzalez von Marees was born on 5 April 1900 in Santiago, Chile to Chilean-born Marcial Gonzalez Azocar and the German immigrant Sofia von Marees Sommer. He graduated from the University of Chile with a law degree, and he wrote The Labor Problem in Chile, The Evil of Chile, and The Problem of Hunger, having been influenced by the National Fascist Party of Italy, the Nazi Party of Germany, anti-capitalism, anti-liberalism, anti-democracy, and anti-Marxism. From 1937 to 1945, he served as a Deputy of the Republic of Chile, having served as Mayor of Nunoa from 1931 to 1932. In 1938, his party's members were massacred by President Arturo Alessandri's government, and he was arrested for violence against radicals during World War II. The defeat of the Axis Powers in the war led to the downfall of fascism in Chile, and he became General Secretary of the Chilean Liberal Party in 1950, ironically supporting Arturo's son Jorge Alessandri as president. He died in Santiago in 1962 at the age of 61, and he was the most inspirational leader of neo-Nazism in Chile.